Dr. Matt Boxer
@mboxer.bsky.social
Assistant Research Prof, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies @ Brandeis University. Jewish studies and sociology. Writes broadly about contemporary Jewish life using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Might have a space laser.
The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good *is* a trainer.
More training doesn't help when the people you're training -- and the people training them -- are trigger-happy, bloodthirsty, undisciplined thugs.
More training doesn't help when the people you're training -- and the people training them -- are trigger-happy, bloodthirsty, undisciplined thugs.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 6:20 AM
The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good *is* a trainer.
More training doesn't help when the people you're training -- and the people training them -- are trigger-happy, bloodthirsty, undisciplined thugs.
More training doesn't help when the people you're training -- and the people training them -- are trigger-happy, bloodthirsty, undisciplined thugs.
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The NRA is a gun rights organization the way the Ku Klux Klan is a speech rights organization.
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
The NRA is a gun rights organization the way the Ku Klux Klan is a speech rights organization.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
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This is the most “New York Times” way to say, “The federal government lied.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:25 AM
This is the most “New York Times” way to say, “The federal government lied.”
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🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
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At least 600 clergy came to MPLS in the freezing temps, dropping everything from their overwhelming jobs
including like 100 rabbis
to be there in solidarity.
The Bible commands us to care for im/migrants at least 36 times, more than any other commandment.
"Thou shalt not murder" is also a thing.
including like 100 rabbis
to be there in solidarity.
The Bible commands us to care for im/migrants at least 36 times, more than any other commandment.
"Thou shalt not murder" is also a thing.
Religion note: those who have been protesting DHS/ICE in the streets — those Sec. Hegseth labels “lunatics” here — have included hundreds of clergy *just this week.* religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 AM
At least 600 clergy came to MPLS in the freezing temps, dropping everything from their overwhelming jobs
including like 100 rabbis
to be there in solidarity.
The Bible commands us to care for im/migrants at least 36 times, more than any other commandment.
"Thou shalt not murder" is also a thing.
including like 100 rabbis
to be there in solidarity.
The Bible commands us to care for im/migrants at least 36 times, more than any other commandment.
"Thou shalt not murder" is also a thing.
Like January 6, where there is also lots of video from multiple angles and they've been lying about it from the beginning.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Like January 6, where there is also lots of video from multiple angles and they've been lying about it from the beginning.
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The only thing that keeps this from being a Fools of Chelm level of panic and incompetence is that the Fools of Chelm weren't also bloodthirsty.
NYT says ICE shot him in the back:
An “agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range… A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless… At least 10 shots appear to have been fired…”
🎁🔗
An “agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range… A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless… At least 10 shots appear to have been fired…”
🎁🔗
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The only thing that keeps this from being a Fools of Chelm level of panic and incompetence is that the Fools of Chelm weren't also bloodthirsty.
Not from Minnesota, he says?
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Not from Minnesota, he says?
If you tried to run this past an IRB, your protocol would be rejected and you ought to be subjected to an ethics inquiry, with dismissal from your position a likely outcome.
You don't get to commit murder in the guise of "research."
You don't get to commit murder in the guise of "research."
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 9:44 PM
If you tried to run this past an IRB, your protocol would be rejected and you ought to be subjected to an ethics inquiry, with dismissal from your position a likely outcome.
You don't get to commit murder in the guise of "research."
You don't get to commit murder in the guise of "research."
I've worked with the Siena Research Institute. These are good people doing scientific polling the way it's supposed to be done. That doesn't guarantee accurate findings, but it also doesn't stack the deck in favor of a demented fascist with a gigantic ego and no shame.
And now he's suing them.
And now he's suing them.
January 22, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I've worked with the Siena Research Institute. These are good people doing scientific polling the way it's supposed to be done. That doesn't guarantee accurate findings, but it also doesn't stack the deck in favor of a demented fascist with a gigantic ego and no shame.
And now he's suing them.
And now he's suing them.
This should not be a free man.
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 AM
This should not be a free man.
Could've been Wakanda.
Donald Trump has been very clear about his plan for Greenland—or is it Iceland? Or, wait, is it neither? petridishes.bsky.social imagines a day in the life of the Republican lawmakers learning how to speak for the president:
Trump Is Extremely Clear About His Plan for Greenland—Er, Iceland?
A lot has happened in the span of a day.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Could've been Wakanda.
When people ask me why I say it never gets cold in the Boston area, this is the sort of thing I mean.
www.clickondetroit.com/weather/2026...
www.clickondetroit.com/weather/2026...
Parts of Michigan at risk for ‘exploding trees’ because of severely cold weather
Parts of Michigan are at risk for “exploding trees” because of the extremely cold weather.
www.clickondetroit.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 AM
When people ask me why I say it never gets cold in the Boston area, this is the sort of thing I mean.
www.clickondetroit.com/weather/2026...
www.clickondetroit.com/weather/2026...
He throws like someone who always got picked last at recess but thought he was Nolan Ryan.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 22, 2026 at 12:04 AM
He throws like someone who always got picked last at recess but thought he was Nolan Ryan.
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There's absolutely nothing that's rational or cost effective about flying detainees to other states. The sole reason is to make life hell for these people and their families, and to try and do as much illegal shit as possible to them by keeping them mobile, unavailable to lawyers, etc.
At least 31 flights have departed Minneapolis this month, the vast majority bound for El Paso, with a smaller number to Houston, Texas. This surge reflects the transfer of people with valid refugee status from their homes in Minnesota to detention centers in Texas.
January 21, 2026 at 11:08 PM
There's absolutely nothing that's rational or cost effective about flying detainees to other states. The sole reason is to make life hell for these people and their families, and to try and do as much illegal shit as possible to them by keeping them mobile, unavailable to lawyers, etc.
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#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case.
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
153. Living by the Ipse Dixit
A constitutional principle like the "unitary executive theory" isn't worth all that much if the Supreme Court can conjure new, unprincipled exceptions to it by simply asserting that they exist.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case.
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
Who the hell is running the Nevada Democratic Party and why do they still have a job?
NEWS: No one filed to challenge two conservative/Republican justices on the Nevada supreme court who are up for reelection this year. The deadline was a few days ago.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Who the hell is running the Nevada Democratic Party and why do they still have a job?
Maybe they could give him the FIFA Peace Prize, see if that changes his antisocial behavior.
European football’s leaders are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s wish to annex Greenland and have held initial discussions about how the sport could respond
Concerned European football chiefs discuss response to Trump over Greenland
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Maybe they could give him the FIFA Peace Prize, see if that changes his antisocial behavior.
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Literally everyone who even vaguely knew what a tariff was said this when they were introduced! You don’t need a team of economists to analyze the situation — no one who lives in reality was confused by this!
“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Literally everyone who even vaguely knew what a tariff was said this when they were introduced! You don’t need a team of economists to analyze the situation — no one who lives in reality was confused by this!
I never would have expected this from someone who has engaged in racial discrimination in housing for over 50 years.
“Trump is the first president not to issue an official proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day since President Reagan made it a holiday.”
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I never would have expected this from someone who has engaged in racial discrimination in housing for over 50 years.
Legal and moral are not the same thing.
Everything the Nazis did was legal. It was also grotesquely immoral and evil.
The Constitution doesn't mean a damn thing if Trump can twist it any way he likes to oppress people who are different from him or didn't vote for him.
Everything the Nazis did was legal. It was also grotesquely immoral and evil.
The Constitution doesn't mean a damn thing if Trump can twist it any way he likes to oppress people who are different from him or didn't vote for him.
German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
January 19, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Legal and moral are not the same thing.
Everything the Nazis did was legal. It was also grotesquely immoral and evil.
The Constitution doesn't mean a damn thing if Trump can twist it any way he likes to oppress people who are different from him or didn't vote for him.
Everything the Nazis did was legal. It was also grotesquely immoral and evil.
The Constitution doesn't mean a damn thing if Trump can twist it any way he likes to oppress people who are different from him or didn't vote for him.
If they bring universal healthcare and defeat fascism, I, for one, welcome, welcome our new Hibernian overseers.
Irish commando raid on Washington, DC now being prepared. (Sorry, them's the rules now.)
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 PM
If they bring universal healthcare and defeat fascism, I, for one, welcome, welcome our new Hibernian overseers.